Literary-Musical Matinée
Concert European Literature Days Reading online event online event
Live stream of Reading and Concert
Jury’s statement: “A.L. Kennedy’s novels and stories are profound and daring and are among the most artistically important works of contemporary literature. She has received many accolades for this, including the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. At the same time, A.L. Kennedy is not afraid to regularly raise her voice against intolerance, exclusion and injustice, and to warn that the lack of humanity goes hand in hand with culture and the disdain for art. Her commitment to a more tolerant world ranges from internationally acclaimed journalistic interventions to working on projects in district centres, prisons or hospitals and is based on the conviction that art and literature can illuminate life and help meet the challenges of our world more emphatically.”
In cooperation with the Association of Austrian Book Trade (HVB), the City of Krems and Glatt&Verkehrt Festival.
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A.L. Kennedy, b. 1965, already won acclaim for her first novel Looking for Possible Dance (1993) (Einladung zum Tanz 2001). She is one of the leading contemporary British writers. Among the numerous major literary prizes are the 2007 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the Heinrich Heine Preis in 2016. Kennedy lives in London and teaches creative writing at the University of Warwick. Latest publication in German: Süßer Ernst, 2018 (original: Serious Sweet, 2016). “'Süßer Ernst' is a review and analysis of the time. It’s a book about the disintegration of the English status quo, both political and private. […] a literary-political coup.” Hans-Peter Kunisch, DIE ZEIT |
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Mario Rom’s Interzone: Mario Rom (trumpet), Lukas Kranzelbinder (bass), Herbert Pirker (drums). The trio is one of the most successful international jazz groups from Austria and made a name for itself, among others, with the film music for But Beautiful by Erwin Wagenhofer. “MARIO ROM’S INTERZONE have recently developed into the most important flagships of Austrian jazz. The trio has developed its own unique, fascinating language of jazz; an idiom combining passion, ingenuity and musical border-crossing in a truly incomparable style.” music austria |
